Leah Daughtry

Reverend Leah Daughtry was the chief executive officer of the Democratic National Convention in 2008 and 2016, previously serving as chief of staff to former DNC chairman Howard Dean; she was the first person to oversee the Democratic National Convention twice. Daughtry held various senior posts in the Department of Labor in the administration of Bill Clinton as a member of the US Democratic Party, and she supported the former president's wife Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential elections. She gave a speech about diversity and freedom at the DNC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 July 2016, saying "we are always stronger together" and promoting cooperation between people of all ethnic groups, races, religions, and creeds.